Monday, September 26, 2011

Lyrarakis, Crete, Greece

100% Vilana



Delicious White wine with nice floral, upon tasting blissful fruit and mineral which leads to white flowers and a happy finish

Saint Cosme, Cotes du Rhone, France

100% Syrah



First off, hard to imagine a 100% syrah from a an area known for blends! Much less the quality to price that this wines provides!

A violet aroma leads and are followed by dark berries,  your fathers pipe tobacco pouch and fresh tilled earth, delightful grip on the finish. Solid!

Chateau Roudier, Montagne-Saint-Emillion

80% Merlot / 10% Cabernet Franc / 10% Malbec

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Great lively garnet color, strong bouquet and good balance, a bit of fruit leading into a long finish.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Engine Room Sparkling Red NV, Australia

50% Shiraz / 25% Cabernet Sauvignon / 25% Malbec



Sourced predominantly from McLaren Vale

Dark red fruits with a soft but vibrant feel with  long "chocolately" tannins. Fruity but dry!

Sirius Blanc, Bordeaux France

50% Semillion / 50% Sauvignon Blanc



Pale yellow color, with a nose of white blossom and citrus fruit. Vibrant and fresh fruit notes leads into a rich fleshy fruit. Mineral notes linger on the long finish. Perfect for patio, seafood, such as shellfish.

Kaiken "Ultra," Mendoza Argentina

97% Malbec / 3% Cabernet Sauvignon

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100% Silk! A "cream in your coffe lovers dream!
Ruby red color with violet hues. On the nose, flowery and mineral notes are evident, with spice. On the mouth it’s a wine of great structure and power, with tannins that are both soft and present. It has an outstanding balance and a very long finish, where red fruits and flower notes are evident.

Wine Cocktails Wines big word of the Week!




Mixing with wine! Wine offers a great way to add dimension to cocktails. Also, if you were not “profiled” at Hop City, a great way to “adjust” a wine that is not to your liking!
Bishop Cocktail- red wine, rum, simple syrup, lime juice / Bloody Rum Punch- red wine, rum, lime juice, triple sec, simple syrup / Candy Corn- moscato wine, kettle-corn infused gin, citrus peel grenadine / Cardinal Cocktail- red wine, creme de cassis / Champagne Bowler- white wine, sparkling wine, cognac, simple syrup, strawberries / Cobb's Cognac Dream- Rose wine, Cognac, rum, fruits / Endless Possibilities- Covey Run Semillon Ice Wine, vanilla-ginger simple syrup, club soda / English Christmas Punch- dry red wine, dark rum, tea, orange juice, lemon juice / Falling Leaf Fizz- sparkling wine, pear vodka, pumpkin butter, pumpkin pie spice / Ice-tini- Covey Run Semillon Ice Wine, vodka / Kir- dry white wine, crème de cassis / Liquid Lust- white wine, Rosangel tequila, orange juice, cranberry juice, club soda, fruits / Miranda Cocktail- pinot noir, Lillet Blanc, Bluecoat Gin, simple syrup, lemon puree / Mulled Wine- red wine, brandy, orange, cloves, honey or sugar, cinnamon sticks, ginger / Pink Elephant- merlot, Amarula Cream, chocolate liqueur, raspberry puree, heavy cream / Rosé Berry Bliss- Rosé, pink lemonade, blueberries, lemon-lime soda / Sangria- red wine, brandy, curaçao, ginger ale, sugar syrup, club soda, fresh lemon or lime juice, fresh orange juice / Brazilian Sangria- red wine, Spanish brandy, absinthe, orange liqueur, fresh fruits / Dutch Appel Sangria- white wine, Van Gogh Dutch Appel Vodka, orange liqueur, pineapple juice / White Peach Sangria- Pinot Grigio, mango rum, white peach schnapps, lemon, lime, orange, lemon-lime soda / Something Blue- white wine, Hpnotiq, ginger ale / Viscusi Cocktail- dessert wine, Prosseco, Canadian whisky, orange bitters / Wine Spritzer- white wine, club soda or mineral water / Xalapa Punch- dry red wine, apple brandy, amber rum, black tea, honey, oranges / Ziaza- Dubonnet, gin

Monday, September 12, 2011

Tamari Torrontés

100% Torrentes



Very elegant and delicate varietal aromas. Notes of white grapefruit are highlighted, white flowers like jasmine, rose notes, damascus, and some hints of tropical fruits such as chirimoya. Its mouth is fruity, floral, spicy and enjoyable! Patio Pounder!

Saunier de Longchamps Pineau des Charentes Cognac, France

Cabernet Franc / Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot
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It is a result of a mistake of a wine maker in the town of Burie in 1589. He had put new grape juice into a barrel containing a small quantity of Cognac. And forgot about it. Sometime later, the wine maker tasted it, liked it and that is how Pineau des Charentes was born. Cognac is blended with the new grape juice within hours of grapes pressing to produce Pineau des Charentes. Grapes must be very ripe in order to obtain grape juice that is rich in natural sugars. Pineau des Charentes is the result of stopping the fermentation of the grape juice by adding Cognac which must be at least one year old. Ripe intense and clean in the finish! 14 months, including a minimum of 8 months in oak barrels

Choya Umeshu

Ume Wine


 

Sweet, tart and eminently sip-able, it is exactly the kind of beverage to break out when you wish to try something new and flavorful. Produced from alcohol distilled from sugar cane, umeshu is at its heart a form of fruit infusion. Imagine the processes that produce white rum, combined with the subsequent steps to result in gin, and you’ve got a pretty good idea of umeshu. But, with balance. Not cloying, the ume fruit itself is one to four times more acidic than other varieties of plum. The flavor comes across as smooth right to the finish. Even Choya’s bottle itself contains real ume fruit floating around in the bottom and neat screw-top lid that allows you to actually pour them out and EAT THEM. Little sour plums soaked in cane sugar. You can play with this versatile wine! With sparkling white wine, in a Japanese Kir Royale. With two parts mixed into a lager, as a fun twist on a Snakebite. In a cup of mulled, warm red wine with cinnamon.